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Originally posted by MBFlyerfan:
Donations are fine. But arent the 9/11 families getting the money from the government? I may be wrong.

I do agree it is a dangerous precedent.
Yeah, the government gave them money, but from what I understand, if they accepted it, they gave up all rights to sue anyone (tradeoff, I suppose...we'd pay for it either way).
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